Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 529-538 , August 2007

Phases of Canonical Wnt Signaling During the Development of Mouse Intestinal Epithelium

  • Byeong–Moo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Boston
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston
    • ,
  • Junhao Mao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Makoto M. Taketo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Ramesh A. Shivdasani

      Affiliations

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Boston
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston
    • Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Ramesh A. Shivdasani, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. fax: (617) 632-5417.

Received 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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 Supported in part by grant R01DK61139 from the National Institutes of Health (to R.A.S.).

 Authors B.M.K. and R.A.S. designed and performed the research, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper, and J.M. and M.M.T. provided essential reagents.

 Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

PII: S0016-5085(07)00930-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.04.072

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 529-538 , August 2007

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